Boy&#39;s drill-rifle.



No. 679,768. Patented Aug. 6, l90l. A. B. MELLIS.

BOYS nmu. RIFLE.

(Application filed Jail. 21, 1901.)

(No Model.)

, out ready for firing.

ATENT FFIQE,

ANDREW B. MELLIS, OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

BOYS DRILL-=RIFLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,768, dated August 6, 1901.

Application filed January 21, 1901I Serial N 0. 44,117. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it nut/y concern.-

Be it known that 1, ANDREW BOGLE MEL- LIS, joiner, of 77 Dumbarton road, Partick, in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, have invented new and useful Improvements in and Connected with Boys Drill-Rifles, of which the following is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of part of a rifle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar View to Fig. 1 with a portion of the stock removed in order to show the lock and action in their normal position. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the same. Fig. 5 is a similar view to Fig. 3 with the bolt drawn Fig. 6 is a cross-section taken on the lines a b, Fig. 2. Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively side eievation and end views.

In carrying out my invention I provide a bolt A, having a projecting arm A at one end, to which there is connected a suitable knob B, while the other end has a flange, cylindricalenlargement, or cam O, with projecting part 0, which acts as a catch, as will be hereinafter described. Carried on one'end of this bolt there is a spiral spring D, one end being connected to the bolt A, while the other end is connected to a slide E, which lies under the said bolt A, both-the bolt and slide being capable of sliding within a cylindrical chamber F. 'The slide E has a little projecting piece or hook E at its under side to engage with the hook O of the trigger G. The chamber F is constructed in twoparts, the lower part F being so shaped as to rest in a groove H, formed in the wooden stock of the rifle. The said lower part F is provided with a forward projection F at one end, which fits into the barrel I of the rifle, and an upward projection F shaped to form a sight. The lower part has also a slit or opening F for the catch E, above referred to, to slide in. The upper part .F or cover of the chamber rests on top of the lower portion and is held in position by two thin metal plates J and K, which are screwed or otherwise fixed to the stock L of the rifle. The two plates J and K, respectively, being recessed on their under side constitute a path for the flanges f and f, with which the cover F is provided, to smoothly slide thereon. The trigger G is pivoted to the stock L, and the hook of it is held in position when at rest by the plate spring G The drill motions representing the opening and closing of the breech and firing are performed in the following manner: The knob B of the bolt A is liftedup, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 5, and this releases the catch or projecting cam-piece O at the end of the bolt. The bolt A is then drawn back to its full eX- tent, and in doing this the slide E, on which the spiral spring D is carried, comes with it and is thus placed in position to be retained by locking of the two hooks E and G of the trigger and slide, respectively. The bolt A is then returned-to its normal position by pushing it forward, when the spring becomes eX- tended, as seen in Fig. 5. The lower part of trigger is then pressed with the forefinger, when the hook of the trigger is lowered sufficiently to release the slide, which is then forced forward, and the necessary clicking sound is obtained.

I claim In a boys drill-rifle, the combination with the chamber F, comprising an upper and lower part, the lower part having a slot and adapted to rest on the stock of the rifle, a projection extending from the lower part adapted to enter the barrel of the rifle, of the bolt having the operating-arm A, at one end, a cylindrical enlargement having a projection 0' formed at the other end of the bolt, a slide mounted in the chamber under the bolt, a coiled spring the ends of which are secured respectively to the slide and bolt, a hook or projeotion E depending from the slide through the slot in the lower part of the chamber, and a trigger adapted to engage the said hook E, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDW. B. -MELLIS.

lrVitnesses:

JOHN SIDDLE, EDITH MARY EDMONDSTONE. 

